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Templecarne Graveyard, County Donegal
Graveyard on irregular-plan, laid out c. 1600. Now out of use. Contains a collection of multidenominational cut stone gravemarkers (upstanding, recumbent, and table-type memorials) mainly dating from c. 1750 to c. 1900. Two ashlar limestone…
St. Patrick's well at Tullaghan
"St. Patrick’s Well at Tullaghan has a legend. St Patrick stopped the night in a house near a mountain. The woman told him not to look at the light on the mountain, but he went up and saw a serpent and when he struck it, St. Patrick’s Well sprang up.…
St Peter's Island and St Peter's Well
"St. Peter's Island and St. Peter's well are situated about a half a mile due North of the village of Mountcharles. They are in the townland of Turras Hill. The little Island is in the centre of the lake, but since the erection of the waterworks in…
Sliabh Dubh Holy Well
"About eight miles from the Four Masters’ School in Byrne’s mountain on the old foot-road across Croney to Lough Derg is a Holy Well called [Sliab Dub ?]. ( ½ ml. from the Donegal-Tyrone border)
Local tradition says that as Saint Patrick was going…
Local tradition says that as Saint Patrick was going…
Sibby's moat
"There is a moat or mound in the townland of Cullion where a woman named Sabina did penance on the way to Lough Derg. She used to sleep on this mound the night before she went no matter whether the weather was wet or dry. It is still called Sibby's…
Rathnacross Fairy Fort
"There is a circular fence of earth on top of a hill in the school district. It is known as Rathnacross and is situated in the townland of Drumawark.
There is a hole in the middle of it where a Celtic cross stood but it is broken now and the…
There is a hole in the middle of it where a Celtic cross stood but it is broken now and the…
Lines Written on St Patrick's Purgatory Lough Derg
A poem by J. Patton on Lough Derg from the Schools' Collection